State comparison · 2025
Tax Preparers salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Tax Preparers in Utah earn a median of $66,720. In New Jersey, $43,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.8% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.9%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-40.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $43,420
- p25
- $37,790
- p75
- $63,050
- p10
- $34,250
- p90
- $77,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
Utah
Tax Preparers
- Median
- $66,720
- p25
- $48,210
- p75
- $80,550
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $102,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.